Greeting from the Attitude Centre for Education

Dear Friends,

 The Attitude Centre for Education (ACE) are specifically designed to bring about positive attitudes in Cambodia’s younger generation. We strongly believe that all the youth are capable, but lack the opportunity to achieve their dreams.

In early 2009, we had the remarkable idea of opening ACE, providing leadership training, dormitory rooms, and a scholarship program for disadvantaged students from the slums and province areas. At the same time, we decided to establish an outreach program to help the people who were evicted from Dey Krahorm by providing child care, a women’s clinic, business experience, and general family assistance.

Looking at our accomplishments, 2009 was a busy year for us. Since we established ACE, we have conducted one year of leadership training for 24 students. We also conducted two-day workshops for leadership training and the Attitude Forum 23 times for 15 NGOs and schools with 773 participants of various backgrounds, though most of them were students. With scholarship program, we have paid university fees for four students and will provide for five more students next year. There are seven students who have been staying in ACE’s dormitory, including two females with free accommodation.

We established the outreach program after realizing the needs of the people from Dey Krahorm who were evicted in late 2008. We now have four children who come to day care from Monday through Saturday. We give them breakfast and lunch every day, and in the afternoons we take them to pre-school. We have also been giving scholarships to four students from the Bording Blog. One is studying in grade 8 at Pannasastra International School. The women’s clinic has helped 11 women, from age 15 to 45, get medical treatment. There have been 505 toys taken to Australia through our Start a Business.

With leadership training and other short-term workshops, we have provided a lot of training for the students and staff members. We also allowed them to put what they learned into practice by encouraging them to join as many sessions as they could and to volunteer in our projects.

In 2010, we plan to run two more projects providing non-formal education. One is established at relocation site, Rudi Boa Center, another site 22 km from Phnom Penh, and is being managed by a student from ACE. The other one will be established in a remote area in the Kampong Thom province, Saing Sy Centre, with a program similar to the Rudi Boa Centre and also managed by a student from ACE.

I feel confident saying that through our ACE programs, the staff and students have been transforming their life, family, community, and country. We not only conduct the training for students; we also allow them to invite their parents, relatives, and friends to join our course. We first find out what they really want and then help them to make their dreams come true. So they become transformed. I know that even if these people cannot spend the rest of their lives changing Cambodia as a whole for the better, they can still change themselves, their family, friends, schools, and the communities where they work or live—all because of ACE and CKF.

Thanks always for your support to give them hope. With that, the country itself will improve because each individual we have touched becomes a better person.

Sincerely,


Sokchea SAING

Leadership Training at Attitude Centre for Education

Across Culture of Three Potential Guest speakers in Long-Term Leadership Course


First of all, the Attitude Centre for Education (ACE) received three special guest speakers from different countries to share their experiences of how they could be successful in their life and studying to the long-term leadership program in the Attitude Centre for Education (ACE). The program is usually conducted for three days a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6: 00pm- 8:45pm that has decided to initiate and volunteered to train by a ACE leadership professional trainer, Mr. Sokchea SAING.

Currently, there are 20 attendees including 6 ACE staffs, external and internal students who are living in the Attitude Dormitory. The participants has had six months for study theory then the course will give them the extensive practice needed to develop their knowledge of the realistic attitude in leadership.

In fact in November the class was very interesting because we had talked about the body-language in being an effective leader. The body language in leadership is a universal knowledge that is a vital advantage part of leaders’ successful life.

In addition, we’ve provided them the across culture by the speech of three guest speakers that first of all was Sophea, 29, is a Khmer Australian Sophea’s graduated Master Degree of finance. She shared information about the culture and living standard of Australia. “No matter where you are if you study hard and work hear you’ll be successful” said Sophea

Further more, we honor to get a Khmer American from the Unite State, Phal, 59 years, is a program officer of Sustainable Organization in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, to share about the western people and culture, traffics laws and education system in USA. Phal is a Cambodian refugee who went to the United States in 1979. Then Phal also share his successful strategies in educated method to his children.

By the end of month Sokchea invited his best Piseht Um, 29 years old, is an office manager of CBN Cambodia who has graduated in development with a background of a computer science and has a great passion for his PhD in Organizational leadership. In fact, Piseth’s boss is in Thailand so he seems like the representative of country director in Phnom Penh. Piseth did the presentation about his scholarship trip to abroad, USA and Malaya for the “One Young World Leader”.

Piseth’s background was very touching to the students feelings because he came from the poor farmer family. But now he is one of the most successful people because of the struggle of life and gives a high value of education. He study hard and work with the word “SMART” and “WISE”. More over, he shared the 10 trips when traveling overseas like traveling in comfort, Documentation, Stay Healthy, What are the culture expectations, ext... “Works are not bigger that You and the Opportunity gives us quick improvement” said Piseth.

Thank you so much for spending your worthwhile time and experience with us.

Mr. Saing Sokchea provided Attitude Forum to students and staffs' parents

Building up the good relationship between Student’s and Staff’s parents through the Attitude Forum


ACE invited the parents and relatives of the ACE students to attend our leadership program. The purpose of the invitation is to help build good relations between ACE and the student’s parents through the leadership program on the 21st to 22nd November, 2009. 42 participants attended the forum at the Attitude Centre for Education. They were from all kinds of departments such as farmers, students, seller, perspective doctors and nurse and NGO staff.

The parents came from different provinces because all the scholarship students in the Attitude Dormitory are come from around Cambodia. The parents stayed in ACE for three nights so that they used this chance to ask how much their children have improved and and learnt from the new techniques to bring a better life condition.

Mr. Bunthy, 55 is Chanak’s father said “I leave school for 30 years but today I come to study a very good lesson. I am so happy and thank you teacher and ACE.”

“My family situation won’t be able to pay for my daughter study in university and the place to stay to get a good physically and technology knowledge and specifically can teach her in a good attitude. Thank you for your great help” said Phally’s mum.

Chakrya’s mother said “I will pass this special information both my daughter scholarship and Attitude Forum to my neighbors and Chamkabey villagers. I

think I spend my valuable time to get the worthwhile of knowledge that I have never met before”